Mirafra gilletti
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Gillett's lark (Calendulauda gilletti) or Gillett's bushlark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in eastern Africa. Gillett's lark was formerly placed in the genus Mirafra. It was moved to Calendulauda based on its vocalizations and plumage combined with the results of a large molecular genetic study of the Alaudidae by Per Alström and collaborators that was published in 2023.
Three subspecies are recognised: Calendulauda gillett gilletti (Sharpe, 1895) – east Ethiopia and northwest Somalia Calendulauda gillett degodiensis (Érard, 1976) – southeast Ethiopia (Degodi lark) Calendulauda gillett arorihensis (Érard, 1976) – central Somalia to northeast Kenya
Gillett's lark has a somewhat wide range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 690,000 km2 (266,410 sq mi) over Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Rutherford, C.A. (2024). "Gillett's Lark - BirdLife Species Factsheet". BirdLife International. Retrieved 18 February 2025. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awash National Park | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gillett's Lark sighting in Awash National Park on a given day, based on 39 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 54th most-seen of the 217 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Gillett's Lark in Awash National Park on a given day, against about 10% in July, the lowest month. Those are among Awash National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain a month against 85 mm in August. February–March, May and September have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gillett's Lark sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Awash National Park, in our data
Awash National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gillett's Lark sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gillett's Lark is recorded against all the birds logged in Awash National Park (39 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
